Study Finds Education Program Has Negative Impact on Welfare Recipients� Bottom Line

Study Finds Education Program Has Negative Impact on Welfare Recipients - Bottom Line: "Nearly ten years after welfare reform became law and encouraged millions of American workers to rejoin the workforce, a new study examined how a model community college training program affected the earnings of welfare recipients currently in the workforce. The study found that the program -- which consisted of general education followed by career-directed courses -- did not have positive impacts on earnings or help recipients to leave the welfare rolls. "